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No single food or food component can protect you against cancer by itself. But strong evidence does show that a diet filled with a variety of plant foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans helps lower risk for many cancers.

Coffee, alternately touted as medicinal and denounced as health destroying over the centuries, has become one of the most popular drinks in the world today. The Boston Tea Party turned coffee into a patriotic drink in colonial America. In 1952 an ad campaign promoted the idea of a coffee break, and it quickly became a daily ritual in workplaces, homes and churches in the United States.

There’s a lot of information out there about what causes cancer and what you can do to prevent it. It’s easy to pick up the headlines from a single study or story and tell two friends who tell two more. The American Institute for Cancer Research has put together seven myths about cancer.

One of the most commonly misunderstood, yet valuable resources available to patients and their caregivers is the Palliative Care Service at RCC. The Palliative Care team, under the direction of Sherri Siegel RN, MSN, CHPN, meets with patients regardless of prognosis and life expectancy.

The Regional Cancer Center (RCC) has initiated a multidisciplinary neuro-oncology clinic as part of its Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) program. The clinic is modeled after a successful thoracic cancer clinic that has been active at RCC since 2008 and is directed by Jan Rothman, MD. Radiation oncologist Andrew Figura, MD directs the new neuro-oncology clinic.

You might have heard that greens are considered a “superfood”. Dark green, leafy greens such as Swiss chard, collards, kale, spinach, romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, mustard greens, arugula, bok choy and chicory are excellent sources of folate, fiber, and carotenoids. People consuming diets rich in carotenoids (found in fruits and vegetables) generally have a lower mortality and are healthier, overall, than people whose diets do not contain carotenoids.

Kathleen Fish saw her son relax, and she was grateful.
It was late 2009, and she and her husband, Gary Fish, had come from their home near Rochester, N.Y., to be with their son, Brian M. Fish of Erie, on his first visit to The Regional Cancer Center since being diagnosed with lung cancer.

A joint venture between hospitals and doctors for cancer care was a revolutionary concept in 1987. With a pioneering spirit Sr. Margaret Ann Hardner and Dana Lundquist, then Presidents of Saint Vincent Health Center and Hamot Medical Center respectively, and Drs. Peter Scibetta, Jay Jenkins and William Brereton, collaborated for the good of patients and the Erie region. Their pooled resources and cooperation made The Regional Cancer Center (RCC) one of the first freestanding outpatient cancer centers in the country.

The Regional Cancer Center (RCC), a joint venture of Saint Vincent Health System and UPMC Hamot, has been bringing expert cancer care close to home for patients in the northwestern Pennsylvania region since 1987 and is affiliated with UPMC CancerCenter, one of the largest integrated community networks of cancer physicians and health care specialists in the country. more»